Garvin vs Ghent

A side-by-side comparison of Garvin and Ghent: population, income, housing, and more.

Garvin and Ghent are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ghent has the higher population (455 vs 90 in Garvin). Ghent has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $41,000 in Garvin). Ghent has the higher median home value ($154,700 vs $50,000 in Garvin).

Population, income & housing

	Garvin	Ghent
Population	90	455
Median age	55.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,000	$72,500
Median home value	$50,000	$154,700
Median gross rent	—	$941
Housing units	43	184
Homeownership rate	95.2%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garvin	Ghent
Population	121 → 90 (-25.6%)	407 → 455 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$52,813 → $41,000 (-22.4%)	$60,000 → $72,500 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $50,000 (-9.1%)	$126,100 → $154,700 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $705 (+0.0%)	$613 → $941 (+53.5%)

Garvin

Population

12190

Median household income

$52,813$41,000

Median home value

$55,000$50,000

Median gross rent

$705$705

Ghent

Population

407455

Median household income

$60,000$72,500

Median home value

$126,100$154,700

Median gross rent

$613$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garvin	Ghent
Under 5	8.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	13.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	22.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	25.6%	11.4%
75 and over	2.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garvin	Ghent
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garvin	Ghent
No high school diploma	14.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	50.7%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garvin	Ghent
Drove alone	90.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garvin	Ghent
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Garvin	Ghent
Poverty rate	23.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1938	1976